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Houston, Texas, United States

Big-picture strategy for Wonderful water policy - wide ranging tasks/responsibilities largely focused on understanding and managing the potential impact of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) through analysis, advocacy, and project management - Create and manage portfolio ranch risk assessments and identifying risk mitigation strategies - Project management work on multiple ongoing water infrastructure projects (pipelines, water banking, etc.)- Model and assess property/crop/water value for potential acquisitions- Advocate and lobby in local public agency meetings where rules and regs to implement SGMA are established and enforced - Various other strategic planning initiatives

Bakersfield, California Area

Purchasing cost-saving initiative across Wonderful business units:- As a project lead for the uniform services category, I aggregated and analyzed data from multiple business units, prepared and ran an RFP process, and helped to negotiate a final deal- As part of a team for the ag chemicals category I aggregated and analyzed data, prepared decks and communicated project expectations throughout the process, and assessed RFP responsesChange management and stabilization following ERP implementation: - Activities ranged from helping to assemble and prioritize enhancement requests for our IT department to identifying KPIs and working to establish uniform processes across different locations. Wastewater re-use exploration: - Completed preliminary analysis to find a more beneficial use for our pistachio hulling wastewater. Options explored involved treatment and possible reuse in the hulling process or as irrigation water.Strategy team onboarding optimization:- Led a project to streamline the on-boarding process for incoming new consultants, and helped to put on networking lunches and events to connect with group alumni working in the business units.

Delano, California

ERP implementation project:- Created process maps, laid vision for improved processes, advanced early change management considerations

Holland, Michigan

Various tasks ranging from contract review and other legal analysis to helping the legal group move document storage to Sharepoint.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

I led the turnaround from last in production to first in 3 of the first 4 months after promotion - Sat with individual team members daily to help improve production and quality numbers - Trained incoming temp-hire class of 90

Des Moines, Iowa Area

I worked with underwriters to ensure loan documents were compliant with Wells Fargo guidelines.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Activities and Societies: Activities & Societies: Finance Association Member, ACG Cup Competitor (finance case competition)

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: ReInvent Law Student Group - Member during 2013-14 school year - Chief Technology Officer during 2014-15 school.

Bachelor Of Science, Statistics

Bachelor Of Science, Economics